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. Pw?l« Pr««J * ' Lmu^ and mfi»- . —^ cpIUiwxMI*- l j _ dob Printing Executed prompt’.jr ami. ki tin | si) Km on the 1'fcorut rru»»- •h. * - tzr: Vol. XVI. BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S,»C., OCTOBER 20, 1802. mL M t 4 Alliance Department. : ^ ~v S7^~ ~~- — Adoptenl as the County Organ by fhyj;ouu- ty Alliance. Jnlvijth, ■ M. J PAtK. Associate Editor, To whom all Cornniutiicatious on Alliaaee Mnth*.rs should be addressed. Officer* of the County Alllunco. W. TI. Dunenn, President. L. B. Toole, Vice President. *. Av. 8. Bamberg, Secretary. A. F. Free, Treasurer. W. 0 Britton, CiiapUin. T. 8. Weeks, County lecture*. W. A. All, Steward or Assistant Lecturer. ™!W. E. Sadler, Door Keeper. . R. K, Ilarlev, As.dsUnt Door Kc<'pt‘r. 1) W. Bodiiord, Sergeant at Arme. F. 11. Creech, Business Agent. Executive (>>ramittee—C. B. Frce,'W. W. Patrick, W. A. Faust. Trade Commitbf*—Cl. M. Hunter, E. II. Dowling, J. M. Clm«;r, W. A. AH. Committee on Hood of the Order—J. C. Me- >1 Ilian, C. M. E'knfield, W. T. Cave, J. K Bnelling, E. B. Huess. •- — . * Ip ward and Oiovard. The regular quarterly meeting of the CotttHV AlHance ua* held on Friday. President l>uiu*ait and all the oflleern and Distriet I^ectnrer John T. Gaston, of Aiken, were present. The attem!- anee wa* g«»u*l, e*pc«*ially when the hn«y season I* rotl*ido*ed. A* an edu cational meeting it w decidedly the i>e«t ever l»ekl. Thoughtful addie*M>« were ilia.le by Col. t»a»lon, he«Triary > Bamberg. Ca|K. G. H. Kirkland and tt. iilllllMfk* r.BdJ. Thr i >iaf I* ^ «Tf“ •dop* ON WAITINGS ISLAND DISCOVERY OF THE ! SP0t WHERE . COLUMBUS LANDED. THE MAP COLUMBUS i USED. It Was i*iire>1y Theoretical and Placed India Where America I.lcu. Rlaps baaed on ascertained facta are a nnxlcm idea. Walter Wellman Tells How Ho Explored the Itahnmas and Settled the Contro- , versy Concerning the First I.and Sight-’. , ' > ed by Columbus—A Fascinating and iueUruetLve Knrratlre. ice. hired “ Sandy, n the inost famous ; pilot of the Bahamas; borrowed an I American flag'of the consul, and with the stars afid stripes flying at masthead | steamed away. - j A day and a night of alternating calm > and storm, through rocky passages and j_ discovery "In , over dangerous shoals, and vve were at^ most illustrious figure, known facts were ] i“Cat island, which Washington Irvihg not thoughb absolutely, needful in {be made famous and our old geographies drawing of maps." Maps were plenty; ! solemnly confirmed as the San Salvador j facts for them were used as far as they j of Columbus. For half a day we steamed j would go; after the facta were exhaust- 80IBE GORGEOUS FLOATS. To He Seen at the Dedication Ceremonle* , In October. With many of the details for the dedi cation of the World's fair buildings ivt COLUMBUb uay Prttr'AKM i lUNS. Snj»gc*tlon* to the'I’uhH* School* for * the Celebration *tf the Aimlvoraary. The official programme for the na- Prior to the age of the CRUOn OI 11,6 YV oriu 8 iair numungs t\i tional 6CM00I celebration pf Columbus which Columbus is the ^ geherAl public is familiar, J Day is now published. ThVH but of tlie spectacular side of the cele bration little has been written of late, irst dnty of although preparations have £ 0 i n 8b r America, is to begin preparations at on for nearly a year. Tins display, which cadh of our schools this fall, if it wishes to be in line with the other schools of Wopyright, In May, 1891, the editor of the Chi cago Herald wir^d me at Washington. * «/» along the coast of Cat island, and 1 ex- amiued x it very careTnlly. It bears no resemblancB whatever to the island which Coftunbus described in his jour- Can you find the spot where Colrnn- nal. . For fifty years it has been a San bus discovered America and mark it ' Salvador under false pretenses. .with a memorial?" My reply was, | In the afternoon we reached Watlingx. -WiH try." If it had been a request to Palm trees and Hazy vistas, thatched find tlie north pole or capture a mer- buta and out lying reefs over which the surf broke lazily marked its shores. A maid 1 suppose the answer would have been the same. The newspaper corro- spoodent is not surprised at anything. . ' ^ • .. y.i *a. ^ w ed, geographical theories answered as well. Thus Ptolemy, in the map which served Europe for a dozen centuries, sketched the landa about the Mediterra nean with at lexst a recognizable degree of correctness. But when he re;u hod the iirnits of the expIbrecT regions he did not hesitate to finish bis map; be simply put beyond the known frontiers what he boat at Once put off to us. it contained ' thought ought to be there. He believed all the officials of the island—-the local that beyond the visited portions of the | magistrate, the jK»rt ol’icer, the po.->t- «irth were only vast deaerta or impen t-d; lags U !»Uc*«: At D \+'*. At I | •Ml. A master, the sheriff, the c«»loncl of the militia and many more—alt in the per son of Captain Maxwell Nairn, the only white resident of the island^ a veritable Puob Unh, monarch of a coral isle. Hit ♦ alary Is f*M> a year, and he baa been th**rc thirty years. . J , . , it - . ir ,^ , , . ... | once for its proper observance of Oct. 1) termjvl tho "P^occsmo.. of the Con- 2 lhe 4(H)tll auuivc of tbe JiK0T . turns, is to molmle more. the. forty of AtnericH A faxg „ tion , M floats, end willow) n bnlhent pafleant t0 , the firat thi t0 ^ <lon0 1h , of through the laates and canals and lagoons 8omo va i uo Teachers, the superintendent and the school board should confer, that action may be harmonious and best results at tained. The proposed celebration shonld be explained to each school at tho eurlt- •st moment. It should bo so presented t* to awaken enthusiasm, interosting topics relating to Coluilihna nnd the dis covery should be suggested for special investigation. Such topics might bo “Tbe Map of the*World Before the LMa- covery," “Important inventions and Events in Europe Just Before the Dis covery," “The Story of Ccdunibua," “The Ships of •Columbus," “Whst Co* inmbns Expected to Find," '‘(jeogTaph- ical Growth of the United States," “Stories of South America,^’ etc. Tbe teacher should assign the address and the ode to those who can render them most intelligimtly. The flag salute and tbe songs should be pemlstently re hearsed. Important committees of pnpfls should be appointed: First—A committee of iarltaltno, whose duty Is to see that the family of each pupil receives a special iavitatkua le the amreing exrrcins of Oct. tl, and also when they arrive to show them seata. Second—-A color guard, whose duty Is 0) to mo that the school has e flag and a staff tn proper opoilthm. (9) to mast tho v>*ey si they arrive ami saeort them wtthralgaity Id tho {artdrtpal ta the arbool booae. (fl) to art as aids of the priori pai. Aa etflrisnt adult cnsamtttas of ar> rs»n—m i.u sbo^d also be mmstttutod. Tbse cusauiHUa m ast ois flrst, that * seals are prepared ant of doers ta hope uf fair esensir, and that a room Is also gagsd f«<r the esawtssa shcsiid the day he stormyi seeand. that flt^tag drum tSusas sari print—I pet^ramsnrs are |rm rsU i|. third, that the loral press Is tm Iseested ami tn sited* funrta. that ar* tamprrMsts srv made with the veterans amt other sportal gmets fur tho form they are to taha Bat ta all rasas the arhari frinripal mass amhe kummti preeuoally Ida ks Un wash el each sunua Mi etrubld Rw.unps. He had no idea of open oceans beyond tho known lands. Ptolemy, however, understood and rep- reoented the sphericity of tho earth. What is still more curious, he estimated • b® inagniftoenh Iniiwrtant events in the COLUMBUS AT COt?RT. of Jackson park. This will be repeated ever)* night and the Hlnmlnations will v * taa*a n****-t• ,tig hum • and VJ* inwsrv ■ ■ of the iF. r—. tho earth's circumference astonishingly near the truth. He made it only 3,UN) miles too little. But after I*to|er»y, about 530 A. D.. a gi'ogntphnr of the chervil ur ae whase name was ('or luaa. He sc<smed the hlasp'imi'WM td**a that toe earth was vunml. He laH out the winds nntverse in aHoui the »hape of a "Saratoga trunk." to follow tn# figure of Prof«a>aor John rube. * But dfasmrerrr* had been pushing cent- tfanl arr»wa A •la. mane nernks amt oat as ml—Mworlrm tn abunt lt?A A. D. w ss a vm r«dst. Ilth Jsnusiy ’ALWl wcumom I » Tbs |4se sf Tho llreald ' ft • 4 rosy wler, U’ t* J t<iM- Ie aadsvsistof Fwe eretfartre tbs liliftl til) ai lbs lstaa4 wbirb i’ulw ftil -fft • bret MV AHIsww d*w%. tso-trd bed vssnatrevl 1 um * Tbe qwodrv ate 1 ef tbe Atm** •Ffftgpyt ad tbs Itsw W.w«| wse sis .t w<wl mOm -taafl MM tlbSlfS^— * i*b W gtw ISftfl SO’ ’ reei sa-f TVs tXsreid tbH**slH pst 3 %ffil g m . IIM MMl flhS fti fN’lHf. 1 ft W; : flttr ■ reft | * W* • i* ** t bd j isees^wAaess *ev%L l*§ |>|Sf cv Iftf 4ftP MMftfti M ftftll M»4 iff * f i' f ie el ks<4 Tkss we* S qWs» tetk. t 1 A # i ■m §*• #• Y tb*' MUftitF aonsg ewa 1 • *) tt iw < t«% s Imp ftps* * \4f#* • Asmerose fa*A ’* ei — SSsbi Is, lei ^ 11,1 1 ■ 1 • w § ^ftftftftftf ft#* i Mmp el l» es*S eiflwd b’-eegesa 1 redlAeS 1 Ms L m tjMs ii it # Set e *• *<0 wbw b wes m* 4 |e b ft (hutfl re4 mb hflswfl 1* —V 1 *— — Ike I iy<Sr - -1 - w ' 4P w rSemw sd t e «u< 1 ar u »- llm * i A BALLAD It flatters from i . High over tbe < The flag of onr Vova < The star spangied It shall roigii and Far famed, both'ln i Today and for duys Still I Hurrah for the folds of < ~ Who ran ms wUt The stars that emt The star* that is waf Flaahod triumph o’er< Tbs Umnsf c-oafusloa that I To dconot and an toe-rat I Htriling tyranay right to I Hurrah for ths folds of Old 1 life of Columbus and in the hiatory of America will tie represented. Many Fymt'obcal float* will also be introduced. Designs for four of thcae floats ore par- ticnLtrly worthy of notice. They will cost thousand* t f dollars, and are calcu lated to eclipsw anything heretofore seen in this sort M jisgsatitry. The ftrot is a tableau of Columbus be fore the court of Ferdinand and UaU-Ua. Tbe monart hs ait on their gilded throne am ter tbe rich canopy, both attired as heevanes the rulers of Le«« aad Caatlla ■^v Cr' r\ m-W i be stag. ’nfumhus eagerly a coavtacw them ■rVa. uu charts on a tatla Ths lark velvet, with p thr«tws ari'W la in listens Intent is truth grow tag wweecf.ts altmet If s Cm sr fh|p* frlsad base a ast Its peewsss sad ■trrsglk la osa It ohall sriksM kl* esrrm loarin Oh. *tis ss—aosr k* far tkaa sf Whoa It rr—heS the »u* sf*** aft Met a«Mtm twin ikiwff*r an F«e wesag sa a kattlririfl Mat Us sagls Mei M— bat UsreaS flss tbs MO* of 4 OM 1 4 Us aa »« * ***- H TV tba % ► I *• 4 ths :a> • tbr d r ths f— p4 Thts fare naAresh— The It*. •mm psa—«i stn W t— b•• ! • r a*—I n taai latsrwa j m* fl a hi ^ rVW ^ off iflnvMIs #bmI ftp nf flhsso Mh ■MMt hs kma Mand tr—if 1 A—~r>fa—I H "•t k Is . 'x ' THf OOUJriffGfl AUTOOflAffH v * afd • rt ly tst ■ A fei f •• • - ka ksah r. i sari amt aims a 4 Mi 4 *f r < *. •*•• 4.~ | » > J<un t—■ anmt esv—s ifi «t <f i ■ ’ -t * ~ *■% tn gs tba ge ru* ag ti—a / mm al la he ti I *u«« | - e tor* | 4*0 \\ M ■g i it t Th P , llpH -ff'fflitAsI Issr- tci ftrrt»r » i^t *! •»\ t of 11 f* t •tn i ti, Knrr ■ Ills I Tfctccnsu on (It** i<-tt >n Its Msfea, ir»*w» \V« The groa tli he* 1 h«»nlh llicrc ha* I In th** iitiiutH-r <> lUlml yiid aiiciH I K< laltl erf a II tlii 1 IgtMII M-en const Hit, •ct-n * marketl i f cotton nii|i< Frsfully o|N*rs Init Fr id l idJiti i <**1* ictl. o» r, i «M41y g—%'T4 •nil* f u—t n muiaa* *> they do llJlTO Early fn’m N —1 the ms bad wn tbe rmmg! .Vr» an < ** the c 4 las rti bare uf L* b the Ik-1 (> or i In 1 mystery tha b-ai i.* > cartcjrni; 1 nm» «<f tit tha trout wnn h tb**v a ao th«-ir r ie to uu % nd 1 in Jonl onr w Ya.1 e to vi yurs—I. wrr*y go. di’nm ut by -r hii II I..! . !!• h tl tb line steamer Vnpiral of toe Bab In New England, she chief .M*:tt of Ibl* manufacture, the excess of r<>n«tinip* tb hi of raw cotton iii ivsi over that of 1SNU \»a* lTJ;il7.H:fl phund*, or "lt^»3.N 1»alc* of idiO poiinda each .while in the Souih It w.-i- ItVtqJtltjjSSli |>ouiidi>,or J3J,* t*l7 tialci* <»f like weight.. iU the Southern States Georgia Rtamls tirnt,«South Carolina aecimd, Ninth*Carolina third nnd Tennessee. tVe went by Ward lago to Xa»*xn. tlie mas, having on lionnl in addition to Charlc* le d,.-,-* r, tin- f.-i- moua ernst of the Chicago Her;.id, a stoncumeoa. \ marldo cb»I»e, a mtbno- nal tablet, thirty barrel* ii cement, a man servant, a photographic outfit and sundry boirs, barrels, demijohns and bottles containing i ho necessaries of life, j At Nsssau wo had a narrow escape. Tlie governor <>f tbe Bah.unas wufto ! leave for England within an hour or so | after our arrival, and without ids au thority wo could do ffothiag. An hour of hnstling.' the assistance of Lhe Ameri- ul tui live w Inivv tlie tal it me font or kinon ill hard by. were emplot at fslri si rorrwf It a»t t«» that Tie to |tnnit rltruud*. rb* tux f A»l uf al* ertb *t4*b- MftCft i * dmulwi* 1 ik- of ths fVt -b ft bi-Pi* 11 ■ v ft tut lhe »ccieH) IKk^re|| . ui’.lre l< mj this f<'.S* ! that to rvoch 1h bred like , ZljKUIg u, or Js l.#irti»r ’’in *uil m tiy auont s well." L'aniri cs. In (A] UXt.d Its a imw n»a rer i r roctctl s Indicw t*l'! H1!*I d of coral up till lie made rhirtv nn- too sm all for At Tk •t nt Et th< aswj oo-rplf-d thus uuhW it Ie calculated fwl tdvnl of onII have to a* from ths he put Jnpnu ,1 n Oi 'I the V.V»t the earth rem*o jrfrt d cnttinc ward uiatcrialo, mix ryiug cfim-ut up th< roadr* with their macbcti-*, brlngii:;{ for* g mortar i ! 1. In’.hide. Skiilfd U*atnu a l.roaght RupiHics from tlie steamer through the dangerous conj reef The American Hag tioated from a htaff as we worked, and the niontynent grew day by <luy. Ths snn U at- w r ith tropical liercspeKs*, our drinking water was dippetl out of Uio h<dlows of the rocks, warm nnd brRckish.\ But no one fell ill, than m* r/pu «zc'l it* cirrutufe ncrica. Yet tin* conti nent that his theory made im|ioaMLle wns to Uj his iinniortr.rglory. It was very lucky, however, that Co- Inmbus thus jumjrd America in his reckoning, nnd that Toncanelli had stretched Asia across to Califoroia. For had Columbus known that tho real dis tance from tho Canaries "to Japan wnu l^.LHX) miles he of course woulif never have dVcamcd of undertaking that voy age; -America would have waited for her dfreovorer till she revealed her pres et til COSIUH dMHnvntkri •hip, si:■•it wrd and »vl the IvtttbfWM at roldi- n» Mid a <l*-« the d<*tiH»n« of vra -float will all liO **>ii ptv-luiuma'o. Lurid thrown on the war deir.uu* hovering I over tlto batth fit Id. “Beace" will bo in strong contrast to tho last one. Every color will be bright The horn of plenty will be prominent, pouring fort It treaeutea, and angela of j p»*aro will hover over tho land. Tlie dismounted cannon will l>e wreathed with flower*. Its muzzle filled with roses, children will play over it, nnd one I darling lit flu ono will sit astride tho j breech, spi**ftig It forever. Herewith i are given illustrations showing the fd‘n- eral scope pf two of thoso interesting designs. TVmo Is o ***ev ssriiug dkjate ragari hog Ik* MiWwiictiy e# the various poo* truWs ri 1'riuMlMa fveple who rimlm 9m feaurw Aeuy thul Che plriure wbirb Is to aAovw iho eoowwlr mV flrilur Is • suosuri psvoMriwMWt mi tbe fis itpubM*s fauiu—u, but wbribeoor uot tbegTuwu*|s M wbirb they laris Choir niWIrlsui orb feusohio wvO utuhahly uover he dschlML Foriuuaiety. Wwrtrv. the querrsl flow ■at oslowd is a rhuBrwau <»f tho vunty ef C'oltssulaM* aato^raph, a furutmile uf wbirb Is gtveo hawwith. Tu the ready pvu wirldof of the Niuo- toowth cvbtury the stgiag writing a# the flfeurevseer of Atncrw-^ must se*on <|oevr todrsd, but It should he remrmbswd that ie thna# days tueffi wielded the sword dbd left the geutlev aria to he pereewed at the luurieof piiestaairi watucu. Most of the famed leedctu of the Eifteruth century wore unlettered axel found it a lahurioas task to sign their names to im- pietant dornmeuts prepared by tbe monk* wh>« f.»Uowrd in their trains. Co lumbus of course was a Ttxuu of great ■s- a l s' - A M y, X?0 f evens' A FATMOTIO r«eUs 9m rnm Pel mt cue Whsuthe Ai ef eduMM lari wmtei remmftf pa bite ochs buy. iksf prepare a rietfhno rime fbr all lueaMftb Thkstdbe Ush-L It erWhreUpukithoi lb maeise are te hs ss I TVs srl Srtead hires as at t»e ■mrulag ef UH. ft uedar the i Ullda. are to unite bi Although It Is a gohf day. Ie Uf be prerrie, aad the 4 posed to eshi it (bo reaab ousas at tVe Mri hew M of 0*1 ft All tbe res VirginiH and Alabsnijj next and about. J CJil , consnl and a Irttor winch 1 had evi-n in capiul, cmploycp., consumption brought from Sir Julian Paunocfoto, and value of productf*. _ * 1 British minister at Wushihgtou, and South Carolina has made in the ten ; Governor Shea gave us a letter coia- years bet.wet-n lS8(i and 181 Hi a mwcli mauding all the local oflicials.of the Ba- .thiire rapid rate of progress than airy ol year* IHM.ween jer.o ami i.v.ri a mmm , nmiuling )U1 the local,ofiimls-or the Ba- “ more rapid rate of progress than any place themselves at onr coin- t 1i-t s.sters. ! !i ISMi she had I 1 mills, t p m jja Lucky for us that we caught r-1.W W kindlyOMH.-niorSbeii. Tho lie.Ue.:anIL J.ti-).) hands, capital mvesXed ^2,Si>.».su>. i J , 1 . . nrixr*cxi»r>rvr \v*rYw\ r*r>vvvi\ iivtrv r\f\Uru»• T+)f*^rr:t tv_ ( in 181*0 she iiad-’>4 mills, using PM,.142 bales o! cotton,employing 8,192 hands, capital invested fl 1,141,h;44. # ^ That is an encou aging chapter, and the next eensus w 11 h ive a still 1 Hitter governor, wJmcnnie into po\feTT~htrfiiin- ute the governor sail'd., was against us. "finpertinenl, presnt^ptnous Yankees!^ he ex’ciaimed; “to think tliey can come down hero and in a few weeks sot- t;> Ie to tell of the S»u!h in general and tleoneof the great mysteries of mstoryP thU r>tate i;i particular. H the lieutenant governor had hadS^is It is Worth More. (’t^»ps cannot be made, without nitro- way wo should have been sent back td New York quicker. W at lings was 200 miles away. Wo gen. This important and necessar? : had decided that if a visit to Watliugs factor in the growth of pUnN must be ; produced the phvsical evidence necen- ^ tired from some%«ruree. Stable, mu- ^ry to establish its claim* beyond doubt, nur^.hghl) prized beeause in eauh.j ^- e u Rn( j good, if not, we werd to study 14MM potimN there are ahtmt five pounds of nitrogen evenly distributed trod in available form. If you wish id’learn •oiitetliiiig about nitrogen and especi- ally nitral- uf s^Hia send for a pamphlet I Mthltshed by Jos'-ph Harris, Moreion ‘kroi, Moti’-wv^omrty^Ncw Y'ork. He l« an agrieuUurai suthtir uf great abili ty and UU works are real wherever farmery are prugrt**!'e. ills life has been devoted to tho fat Hi. f a thU little v-du-tie be lta« _!»»*n out only his own ri.-» other dislln- OAI fn *U L wf wsj the other islands in the order of their theoretical probability. How to get k> Wat ling* was tlie question. In the bo >.r wrers sU^ops, yacht* and schoon ers gol .-rw. One smcl!i*d of her Ibri cargo. Jamaica rum; another of s;i>agc*, a third of fi»b. a fourth of |v>nltry. The cabin* of oil wt-re nifre ccHa. And it and finally the work wits finished. It r euce by some accidtRt. had been well done. Plenty of cement Hero arc two exceedingly interesting bound tho stones firmly together. Ulie 1 facts: Columbus sailed westward wiVi‘ result was beautiful. In ths coral limor j a scientific purpvise, in a scientific spiri; Btoue are all the tints of tho rainlww, simply in order to demonstrate the all the marine forms. Land and sea toK^ sphericity of tho earth as a practical get her had built a memorial to C.olum- means of reaching China, and in process of that dcmou ^ratioU ho ran against an unlooked C«?f continent. Mark Twain truthfully declares 4hat Columbus Could not help discovering America: ho only ! had tosiiil on till he bumped. Yet, though the finding of America was purely an ac- ! I cjdent, the whole voyago was more of a j scientific undertaking than if Columbus j had 'fancied a new continent was to be found. Hud he gone to seek a continent ! ho wonld have gone only on such a knight errant quest as had been common enouglP ' dnring The ignorant Middle Ages. It ! would have taken no more bravery and , ■ been no more sigirtflCKfil tlum a Hiou- sand chivalrous and foolhardy quests after nothing f>y tho knights of Christen- j cf> Tint COLUMBCtS AtTOORArTt learning, according to tho standard of hi* age, but the uso of the pyn was even to him a burden, nnd his fatnons diary ! was probably written as u matter of Tti® School itevtrvr. I duty and not of pleasure. One of the most striking suggestions J It is curious to note. that ho formed for the local observances of Columbus the individual letters iji tbe same bold Day is that in every town anil city in yet uncertain stylo which characterized tho land the schools parade after the tho chirography of G nwn Elizabeth, morning exercises of the celebration. “Bess of England” could swear roundly While this is uot specifically included in and steer the ship of state with finn- the official programme prepared for tho ness; Columbus conld bring monarchs day, it is strongly urged by the com- to ferms and cope with mutinous sailors, m it tee of educators who have had tho but when either of them took pen in uniform celebration in charge. - hand the unsteadiness of small practice If there is a general parade of the i distinguishes the mamist^ript or auto- civic and military organizations a ! graph* ^ ^ “public school review” should l»o fts ' V' ' ^ most honored feature. If there is no ! gem’fi al procession the schools * alone’' might be reviewed. Let tho pupils -rv; ’pi* It Mil the year when ci y* at a tiisa. Tke on %■ p» rt was the ttesnuH. • t . I 4a x* rA IlKJtAl.I) MKMORJAL TO COLUMBUS, bus, not tho roost expensive in the world rior the leart artu-tic. We de«li- rated it with prayer and oddresnes. Magistrate Nairn watches over it week by week. A rrceot letter from hifn in forms me that the native* nnder his leotiorship will cch)hrate*Di*oovery Day at' the base of the simple uetmotal which heaiartty* timcriMkri hi marble: da vlHs r% 4 «*i t • r*t — 4 *0 “ ' m *—*4 Vrf I Aes \*sr*l. . meet at their school houses at a desig nated hour and bo conducted by effi cient . marshals, without delays and in perfect order, to their places in tho line. The army veteran* north^and south, tho blue and the gray alike, are proper ly to march with the schools as special guards of ~-honor. As the reviewing stand is reached each port of the column can salnte tho flog with cheers and i« - ^ . waring of handkerchiefs and capo. * His voyage was significant because H .^ 10 organizations was undertaken In tl*e interret of science fittingly be invited both to the —tbe new science of Europe. Columbus 1 UiOC,,ln * «rerci*ee ^ U) rerre. in eddi- was tfci fust man who Lad cared or dared vent a no out through what had been celled t’ e tv-a of DariftMea to d«*m- uostrmle a ptvprrly arrived at ■cwntifW theory. Thu omstitute* the real glory ai CoHuabMtfvwr Lr>4 Ennaio, w bo mar have visited Amrirtr*. bet who e as too ■rerib a barimnaa to agymuA* MU mg- HMrioft < TW v H ff Uon to the vetersns, ss <-*corts in the re new. The beauty of the review would be heightened tf each school i arrirel Unh the uatiooal fL g *: d a <lj»ttzctive t vn ier of tu own. The renew also might b* ma*M :nipff<a:vW by symhulie Coat*; II:toWis of tbe "uLt red schuui f (be ship of C^embao are Mreynare sab>v«a Tbs* udar totrrerimg fact is. that s** "f***"*^ km L« mhAm$ iml made r soevw ka b*s ffetnere W omoU awflZaao -■“LT 11 ^ ^ Velipo. VVlfo of Columbus. More than the cqmjnn* to the mariner tVast tltou, K tlpa, to tils daiiulioaa souL llironffli ndverse winds that threatened wrwk, and nlKhts Of rnrkrw* rtrom, thou fxifnted ever to The north star of his i;ront ainhilion. He NVlio once hue hwt an Krft n, or has Kuiaod A i‘arudi.sc hy Eve’s sweet inlluence. Alone can know jiowr strong a spell lies In .The witchcrv of a woman's beckoning hand. And thou didst draw him, Udulike, higher still, Feltp*, whispering tbe 1 rungs learned From thy coaragtoos father till tb* flood Of his ambition hurst all harriers And swept hioi onward to his longed fa gnaL v • Before tbe Jewels of a HpaoUti qnere' Dutlt fleets to waft him ot> his oni/i«d waf Tho* g»v«el thy wealth of wifely s> mpathy To bsuM the lefty purpose of his soeL Aad aww the ewaltuies km re ry<lad by TUI tbse att all L/rgntm by the I hoped 1 i.et iLe cr*-st J’ai of tbs dseg it mstlsfi eri la that t^£a|tede Of spare, where thee sw-to thy totrh hark Tu eaSheesesed keoAa essremaky tolr. Amt wsteoa orebli «sw to. bp eflrid heoi rma. *• •” . Tbe prioripbli la refliltorea. gives bis lari ar I ulth kite epartal | rival ef tbs Arist! sf to srebt hi ratohtg and Ths vvtorso* are a well s color gosrd ef poptle with dignity to lbs pr sweated to signal is gtvem. aad sot to d nun beat or oclasrf t the sebtad ) ard. whore j to take place sad wbsr arranged. Ths pupils | s large bblkow square i I sad tbs veterans sad ssAflr gw their {dscee at tbe holyardn | ‘■ie exsrtisc* aro opeoed by ter of ceremonies, who may be tbe cipal or sa appointed person, tho president's procftaioatklli fi school celebration of. the day, tn ho urges that every school In tb# shall fly tho national t’^; Us tho flag unfurled, and tie veterans i it tip the staff and lead the < hi thrro cht-er* for tbe stars and stri( Then, led by the principal, the papils (five *r» impren*ive Salnte to ths colors, pledging Allegiance to tbe flag and Is the rcpablic for which it stands. This salute projH-t ly terminates in tb* *iujr-' ing of “My country, ’tis of tbssT by tbd whole ur.dience. Following this nnfque ccrnnhoy and un acknowledgment of Divms l*rovk* denco come tl.e n ^ i.illy contrflmtsd feature* of the official programme. 1W tirvt of thc*o u the song of Columbus Day by Theron Brown, the distinguished writer of sweet songs. This is to be i to the old and majestic tune of “Lyons.'’ Then follows the address of Colnmbog Day, widen is a thoughtful and brilliant declamation prepared hy The Youth** Companion ns it* special gift to tbe c&mi bration. The final feature is (he ing of the ode of Columbus Dajk now poem, by Edna Dean Proctor, is masterpiece. It will take fiigh and niammt rank as au American. The privilege of declaiming this address, and of rendering ths ode, will be a core Led distinction the irapila of our schools, and the j ment .should bo very carefully Thiatouclndee the uniform of the official programme? these are expected to come t ditions, such as historic patriotic recitations and which the schools tuay ercises. ‘It will also be tbs i for stresses to bs: guests of familiar psr*' ef this *A • todU % rwrnMmfi ImmI FoaAcai J